Importance of Heritage Structures Heritage structures are those historic structures that have withstood the test of time, despite disasters and tell the story of the architectural facts, histories, and glorious…
The U.S. Capitol Building has stood on its ground for more than two centuries. The building has undergone reconstructions, restorations, and extensions in past years. Today, it is a monumental…
Tammany Hall, located in the northeast corner of Union Square Park in Manhattan, was built in 1929 to house the Democratic Party machine that significantly regulated New York State’s politics.…
Heritage and Public buildings – India, as a nation, consists of multilingual, multi-religions and multicultural populations. In India, terms such as diversity, secularism, democracy and customs are used indifferently. These…
Influenced by the fashionable art movement, modern architecture is emerged by the modern architects at the turn of the 20th century and was a dominant style until roughly the mid-20th…
The term ‘Eclecticism’ draws its roots in Ancient Greek philosophy. In Greek, ‘eklektikós’ means choosing what seems to be the greatest. After Plato and Aristotle, Greek philosophers attempted to merge various ideas to…
Boon or Bane – As the name suggests, historical buildings have great significance, and there is a set of history behind the structures. There are certain religious beliefs as well,…
Adaptive reuse is when a building that is obsolete or unused, is restored and repurposed for a different purpose. For example, reusing a colonial villa into a modern-day cafe by…
